Yearly Archives: 2014
Minimum Density Rules
Last summer, the national pharmacy chain CVS decided to enter the Seattle market, building new stores in Lower Queen Anne, Wallingford, and West Seattle....
A Disease You Wanted to Catch
Northbound Aurora at 100th. Leaning into the front door:
"Hey, did you see a, I left a wallet a couple hours ago…?"
"Uhh," I said.
I look...
Mukilteo’s Unique Opportunity
Departing the Mukilteo terminal. Photo by the author.
Located just southwest of Everett, the city of Mukilteo boasts excellent urban amenities, many transportation options, and...
Sunday Video: Creating Functional Streets for Livable Cities
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX8zZdLw7cs
Bicycle Culture by Design from TEDx Talks on YouTube.
Mikael Colville-Andersen of Copenhagenize Design Co. gives us a brief history of our streets and suggests how we can...
What We’re Reading: Transit Ridership, Road Safety, Elevators
Apparently, transit is popular: In 2013, Americans made almost 10.7 billion public transit trips. Around the country, transit agencies are taking note. In San Francisco, Muni plans...
A Dishonest Moratorium On Providing More Housing
A number of local neighborhood groups have banded together to push their agenda of preventing more housing. They are using the misleading name, Coalition...
The Urbanist Case for $15/Hour
Over the past year, there has been a growing faction in Seattle that believes the minimum wage should be higher -- much higher. The...
Where There Was Nothing Before
At 3rd and Virginia, on my 358: a large African-American man in his fifties gets on. I ask him how he's doing. He's doing...